Essays about: "Coalitions"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 73 essays containing the word Coalitions.

  1. 21. POWERLESS OPPOSITION Opposition’s Legislative Chances in Autocratizing Regimes: The Case of Ukraine

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Zhaha; [2020-07-02]
    Keywords : legislative success; opposition; consensus democracy; autocratization;

    Abstract : The assumption permeating this thesis is that, in the consensus democracy, the government should respond to the minority interests, which are operationalized as bills sponsored by the opposition. The research pays attention to the typical case of autocratizing states with gradual democratic backsliding – Ukraine. READ MORE

  3. 22. The discursive battle for Lysekil : An argumentative discourse analysis of the Swedish Preem refinery debate

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Torsten Blad; [2020]
    Keywords : Preemraff; Lysekil; argumentative discourse analysis; discourse coalitions; storylines;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of discourse in our understanding of environmental issues, using an argumentative discourse analytical approach developed by Maarten Hajer. The case under study is the public debate around the Preem refinery expansion in the Swedish town of Lysekil, which mainly took place between 2019–2020. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Welfare State Upholders: Protests against Cuts in Sickness Benefits in Sweden 2006-2019 : A Case Study of Political Action against Welfare Retrenchment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Magda Bertz Wågström; [2020]
    Keywords : programmatic welfare retrenchment; protest; interest groups; labor movement; clients;

    Abstract : The debate between the Power Resource Approach and the New Politics thesis has been ongoing for decades. The PRA claims that the labor movement continues to be the most prominent defender of the welfare state. READ MORE

  5. 24. Partisanship above Fundamental Values? A comparative analysis of Europarties’ reactions to party members' non-compliance with the European Union’s fundamental values (Art. 2 TEU) over time

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Moa Ryberg; [2020]
    Keywords : European Union; Europarties; partisan politics; non-compliance; EU fundamental values; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The European Union (EU) can no longer portray itself as a community of democracies since Hungary was recently classified as an electoral authoritarian regime. This was the culmination of a trend of democratic decline, which stands in contrast to the fundamental values the EU proudly denotes are its foundation. READ MORE

  6. 25. A pathway to climate neutrality? An argumentative discourse analysis on carbon offsetting in Swedish politics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Pontus Strömberg; [2020]
    Keywords : carbon offsetting; climate change; discourse analysis; storylines; discourse coalitions; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Carbon offsetting has been one of the main international attempts to mitigate climate change. It is however a contested practice that has been heavily criticized in multiple ways. READ MORE